Two years ago, leaders of the Buckeye Community Health Plan decided to take action after noting an increasing number of babies in Ohio being born with symptoms that included seizures, rapid breathing and vomiting. They were suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), caused by their mothers' abuse of narcotics such as heroin, codeine and oxycodone during pregnancy.
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September 5, 2015
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